Chords for Florida Mass Choir-He's A Battle Ax

_ _ And ever since I was a little boy, I remember this young man that you see coming up here on this crutch _
His name is the deacon you will see Sappho
_ He's a deacon and a member of the Mount Moriah primitive Baptist Church in Tampa
_ But deacon Sappho is gonna lead us in a hymn
_ Say amen
_ And don't wait for no key because there used to not be a piano
And if anybody here know what I'm talking about then you'll know that we're in our element
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_ [Am] _ He [Bb] _ _ walked right down to the lousy grave and [B]
raised him from the [F] dead
[Em] He's a battle [Bb] act, _ _ _ he's a battle _ act, [E] _ _ he's a battle _ act
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river [C] he's [Em] gonna stand there like a man
_ [Bb] He buckled my full [Em] dress off of my side and [E] sent me into [Bb] the [Bm] sand
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[N] _ _ a battle act, he's _ _ a battle act, [E] _
he's _ [B] a battle _ [N] act
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Well I know my God with the Holy Ghost
[E] My _ favorite _ [B]
prayer
Sing Jesus is my [Bb]
captain
_ _ _ Oh, sin and wealth
He's a battle [E] act, [Bb] he's _
[Em] a [E] battle _ [B] act, [Em] he's _ _ a battle act
[B] _ He's
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_ _ [E] mean and rich
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But these eyes are weary _ _ _ _
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[E] If I know to _ _ _
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Oh, wealth is _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [B] _ [A] a battle [E]
act
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